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Back when I was in the church working in Ministry we had the leaders get together one time to discuss "suicide." We were starting to deal with the questions from kids, teenagers, and young adults in the church. Questins like "do you go to hell when you commit suicide" or "why do people take their lives?" The pastor and a few elders attended the meeting and we discussed some ways to defeat this spirit. We also discussed the biblical view of wether or not a born again christian who commits suicide goes to hell or to heaven. Now I believe with my whole heart that the believer would go to heaven, but I havent found any biblical passage to back that up or disprove it.
Was wondering if anyone has dealt with suicide, or if you have indeed found spricture to back up or disprove my theory?
Also, as a leader I had one of my kids call me one night and asked me, "when a person commits suicide do they go to heaven or hell?" Because I thought the child was asking for himself I answered, "Yes if a person commits suicide they do go to hell." I figured the answer I gave, would scare him enough until I could get over to his house and really sit down with them and pray with him, try to talk it out. MY guess was right and after alot of prayer and counseling the individual really blossomed into a stronger Christian!
Suicide has always been a gray area for me as I know first hand the aftermath of a person taking there own life, what it does to the family and friends. Ive seen christians and non-christians in caskets because of suicide. So I really believe this spirit is a pandemic. I would love to hear some feed back on this!!
Was wondering if anyone has dealt with suicide, or if you have indeed found spricture to back up or disprove my theory?
Also, as a leader I had one of my kids call me one night and asked me, "when a person commits suicide do they go to heaven or hell?" Because I thought the child was asking for himself I answered, "Yes if a person commits suicide they do go to hell." I figured the answer I gave, would scare him enough until I could get over to his house and really sit down with them and pray with him, try to talk it out. MY guess was right and after alot of prayer and counseling the individual really blossomed into a stronger Christian!
Suicide has always been a gray area for me as I know first hand the aftermath of a person taking there own life, what it does to the family and friends. Ive seen christians and non-christians in caskets because of suicide. So I really believe this spirit is a pandemic. I would love to hear some feed back on this!!